Coin bank



Febys, 1929.

C. L. BEEARS ET AL COIN BANK Filed March 20, 1924 Patented Feb. 5, 1929.

U N i T CLAUDE L. BEEARS AND JOSEPH HABART, OF CLEVELAND, OHO, ASSIGNORS TO l VBANKERS SAVINGS & CREDIT SYSTEM COMPANY, F CLEVELAND, OHIO; A CORPO- i RATON OIF OHIO.

ycom BANK.

.Application filed March 20, 1924. Serial No. 700,493.

The primary purpose of the invention is to` improve and at the same time simplify the construction and lessen the cost of production of coin banks or receptacles.

More specific objects are to provide a highly eiicient coin slot protector that is very simple of construction; that is economical of production; that 1s convenient of assembly; that is durable; that is immune froml i disorder and therefore thoroughly reliable;

and; in its preferred form, is constructed eX- clusively of die stamped sheet metal parts which interengage with each other inl such manner as to make unnecessary the use of fastening means for connecting the parts together. t

A further Objectis to provide common means for securing a bail or handle to the exterior, and the coin slot protector to the interior; of the receptacle, said means serv'- inn` to hold the various elements against dis# arrangement.

The foregoing objectawith others hereinafter appearing are attained in the construction illustrated inthe accompanying drawing wherein Fig. 1 is a perspective view of, a com bank or receptacle incorporating ourtions through the receptacle on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4, the former view showing the receptacle in upright or normal position and the latter view showing fit as inverted with the shutters of the coin Slot protector in one of the positions which they might assume when the receptacle is inverted; Fig. 7 shows the two shutters in prole and arranged one above the other but iny the'same relative longitudinal positions which they occupy in the protector; and Fig. 8 is a sectional detail on the correspondingly numbered line of Fig. 4.

In the present embodiment of the invenf tion, the coin bank or receptacle comprises a. shell or casing 1 that is preferably drawn from a single piece of sheet metal to provide a top 2 and a peripheral wall 3. A suitabley closure (not shown) may be detachably connected to the open bottom of the receptacle in any approved manner, this feature constituting no part of our presentinvention. A coin slot 5 occupies the central portion of the top 2. The coin slotvprotector comprises a housing thatis preferably formed Vfrom a single f piece of sheet metal and comprises abottom wall 6, end walls '7, and side walls8.` Integral lugs 9 extend outwardly from the upperv edges of the end walls7 and theirupper surfaces are substantially flush with the top edges of the walls '7 and 8. The wall 6 has a coin slot 10 which is in `alignment with the coin slot 5 when the protector is properly suspended from the top 2.

Identical interchangeableshutters 12 are 1 pivotally supported within the housing by theengagem-ent of trunnions 13, which exare formed in the end walls 7., The shutters are provided at the middle portion of their lower edges with series of teeth 15 which are oifset from the longitudinal vcenters of the shutters substantially half the `width of a tooth so that when the shutters are reversed with respect to each other the teeth of one are staggered with respect to those ofthe other, the shutters being arranged in this manner when placed within the housing. This offset arrangement of the `teeth is clearly illustrated iii Fig. 7.

A bail or handle 17 is shown las hingedly connected to the top 2 of the receptacle 1 by fastening means 18 which are vformed to provide eyes within which the ends o-f the bail or handle 17 are journaled, and to Aprovide Y legs which are extended through suitably shaped apertures in the top 2 and through registering slots 2O in the ears 9 beyond which saidlegs 19 are spread outwardly to hold the parts together'7 as best illustrated in Fig. 8.

l/Vlien the receptacle is in upright position the shutters 12 hang in the position shown in Fig. 5; but when the receptacle is inverted, `105 liuY tended an appreciable distance beyond the pivotal axes of the shutters and by contact ot these portions with the side walls of the ofattainment Within the housing when the receptacle is inverted7 they obstruct the pas sageway between the coin slots 5 and 10 and effectively prevent the dislodginent ot a coin troni the receptacle.

Y Having thus described our invention, what we claim is:

l. A coin bank comprising a receptacle having a coin slot in its top, a housing secured to the inner rside ofthe top7 sa'id housing comprising end walls, a bottom and side walls, the latter diverging upwardly from the bottom, the bottom having a coin slot that is substantially in kalignment with the coin slot of the top, and .shutters having trunnions at their ends adjacent their upper edges while portions of said edges are extended an appreciable distance beyond the axes of the trunnions, the end walls ot the housing having apertures wherein said truncured tothe inner side of the top and com prising end walls, a bottom, and side walls, the latter walls diverging upwardly from the bottoni, the bottom having a coin slot that is substantially in alignment with the Vcoin slot of the top, ident-ical and interchangeable shutters having trunnions at their ends .adjacent their upper edgesrthe end Walls of the housing having `apertunes within which said trunnions are journaled thereby to pivotally suspend the shutters within the housing on opposite sides of the coin passageway, the inner edges of the shutters having series of teeth that are otset from the longitudinal axes oit' the shutters substantialy half the width of a tooth, the shutters being reversed with respect to each other so that the teeth of one are staggered witi respect to those ot the other. j Y v ln testimony whereof, we hereuntoy a'l'fux our signatures. 'l

CLAUDE L. nannies Josnrn Hannan 

